DUFFMAN5 wrote:
Played some beginner missions tonight, the same few I played on the demo a year or so ago ?
Really enjoyed it, not overly sure what I should be doing or navigating the mass of menus.
Played one 8v8...I came last of course

Any tips chaps, in the main game, does one just roam and do missions, do I have to fight fellow players or do we all fight the npcs.

Thank you for any tips

"Duffman the grey is thrusting in the direction of the problem! Oh, yeah!"

DUFFMAN5 wrote:
Played some beginner missions tonight, the same few I played on the demo a year or so ago ?
Really enjoyed it, not overly sure what I should be doing or navigating the mass of menus.
Played one 8v8...I came last of course

Any tips chaps, in the main game, does one just roam and do missions, do I have to fight fellow players or do we all fight the npcs.

Thank you for any tips

Glad you're enjoying it Duff. I got quite a lot of fun out of it. Deathmatch stuff is mostly broken, or it certainly was.

It's co-op for the missions. You and others battle the mobs and bosses to get some loot. It takes a little while to get used to it all, but once you get used to the systems it's not bad. It should hopefully have been refined and polished quite a bit since I was playing it on release.

Are there many players still playing now? It was dipping quite a bit at the arkfall's when I gave up. They were jam-packed to begin with.

Thank you boys.
Vortex, not many online, at least not that I can see. It reminds me of Borderlands, nowhere near as refined of course, but still more than enough of a game to keep me happy until South Park at any rate
...Still not tried Gears since the "superhub" shame on me
@Redsparrows, I will add you mate. I don't get lots of games time, but will look out for you

"Duffman the grey is thrusting in the direction of the problem! Oh, yeah!"

Have all PC EGers given up? There's a clan advancement system added now, and I seem to be the only one that has done anything! Are there still PC players, just in more active clans?

I played most of the weekend, as I've really been enjoying it lately. I got a new LMG that is insanely powerful compared to my old one, and it really transformed how much I enjoy playing. My old one was a burst firing Rocker LMG, which had higher damage per shot, but I've switched to a Thunder which is a surprisingly accurate, very fast LMG which just mows stuff down Enemies go down faster so it all feels a lot snappier. I also think they've tweaked how much damage enemies take as even with my old gun they seem to die faster.

Calling down arkfalls can be a bit of fun too. It's pretty cool looking up into the sky and seeing the massive chunk of ark sailing through the air towards you, then seeing all the purple dots on radar of people coming to join the battle you called in. Incursions are alright too, but pretty much an extension of existing systems. It's just a string of the old random events, building up to a siege.

Just noticed the game is £6.99 on Steam (not a sale), this makes me suspicious. What is the deal with the business model? I understand it is not a subscription so obviously it must use micro transactions to fund it. How bad are they, are we looking at Guild Wars 2 type model or more a 'free too play' model?

If its the former then that seams a pretty good price for a MMO.

(Currently subscribed to FFXIV:ARR so not looking to heavily invest in another MMO)

Spent some more time with it last night, great fun with a few randoms, no comms mind you. It is more of an action adventure game than MMO which is totally fine with me.
I think it is better played in 1/2 hour chunks and not a big all day or night session. Either way I think I will end up ploughing a good few hours in its world.

"Duffman the grey is thrusting in the direction of the problem! Oh, yeah!"

Up to lvl 330ish now, so fair to say I have put some hours in, might take a mini break from it though.
Still a very good number of people on, mostly German and French for some reason, also insane rank levels a-plenty.

Tried the Shadow war mode last night, didn't have a clue what to do, it seems like the main game, in as much as you can still wonder off and fight NPCs. I thought it was a massive brawl affair.

The coop maps are fun at least the 2 I have played have been. Im yet to see any higher colour drop than green...I want some better weapons.

The world is quite stable bearing in mind it is an MMO, some glitches here and there but none ground breaking just yet.

"Duffman the grey is thrusting in the direction of the problem! Oh, yeah!"

I played this a lot at the weekend, as I enjoy both the TV show and the game and realised I'd be a bit behind if I didn't get the story done. I also think the 4th DLC continues the story.

It's so easy to get distracted. Ooh, there's a small arkfall. I'll just do this quickly then onto a mission but then up pops an incursion. I'll just do these few missions and the siege at the en. Suddenly, major arkfall! Can't let that go by. That stuff is just the open world stuff, there are also the arenas, co-op maps, shadow wars and proper PvP maps, rep building missions and all the time and score challenges spread about. You're never stuck for stuff to do, if you enjoy it.

If you have a few loadouts with different strengths and weaknesses, it can really be very easy to play it for hours and not really advance at all. Still fun

It is well worth that. A very Borderlands type experience, I have only played SP at the mo, as such, I have joined a clan though, didn't realise is was 90% French chaps though...(even though it was called Le Clan, only joking) I don't speak French!. Obviously everyone is online at once so when you get a major Arkfall and you all arrive at it, it is brilliant.
The co-op maps are also fun. I would imagine you could lose hour upon hour in the world, there is so much to do, a lot does repeat itself but you might get a new lovely weapon/shield and you rank up so it is all good.

If you do buy, you will have to patch fuck loads of updates, so be aware

"Duffman the grey is thrusting in the direction of the problem! Oh, yeah!"